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Re: BotCon 2012 Octopunch Image

PostPosted: Tue Jan 10, 2012 1:05 pm
by NebulanFree
This year's set is weak.

Re: BotCon 2012 Octopunch Image

PostPosted: Tue Jan 10, 2012 1:06 pm
by Mkall
No new head. Kind of disappointed, but the diving bell head would've been hard to pull off given the clearance restrictions of the mold.

I'm surprised it's shattered glass. The colours are fairly accurate to his G1 self.

Not as excited as I was when first seeing the mold, but he'll be a welcome addition to my collection nonetheless.

Re: BotCon 2012 Octopunch Image

PostPosted: Tue Jan 10, 2012 1:10 pm
by Jelze Bunnycat
Ok, eating my words now.

You know, this makes Octopunch the second to keep his colors between his original continuity and Shattered Glass, the first being Jazz.

Re: BotCon 2012 Octopunch Image

PostPosted: Tue Jan 10, 2012 1:11 pm
by craggy
definitely not nearly as sad at missing out on this guy as I could have been.

Re: BotCon 2012 Octopunch Image

PostPosted: Tue Jan 10, 2012 1:21 pm
by UltraPrimal
SG Octopunch: Friend to ducks everwhere.

This is really pathetic. I mean he looks barely any different from Seaspray. It looks like some lazy custom someone threw together in one night.

Re: BotCon 2012 Octopunch Image

PostPosted: Tue Jan 10, 2012 1:25 pm
by Tigertrack
I think it looks good for a repaint with no remold. I would have liked a remold though. Better choice for Octopunch is still the PCC commander.

Re: BotCon 2012 Octopunch Image

PostPosted: Tue Jan 10, 2012 2:01 pm
by Sabrblade
JelZe GoldRabbit wrote:Ok, eating my words now.

You know, this makes Octopunch the second to keep his colors between his original continuity and Shattered Glass, the first being Jazz.
What about Galvatron, Astrotrain, Alpha Trion, Arcee, Rampage, Divebomb, Demolishor, Big Daddy, Drench, Fitor, Goryu, Sky Lynx, and Thunderwing?

Re: BotCon 2012 Octopunch Image

PostPosted: Tue Jan 10, 2012 2:05 pm
by Dead Metal
Sabrblade wrote:
JelZe GoldRabbit wrote:Ok, eating my words now.

You know, this makes Octopunch the second to keep his colors between his original continuity and Shattered Glass, the first being Jazz.
What about Galvatron, Astrotrain, Alpha Trion, Arcee, Rampage, Divebomb, Demolishor, Big Daddy, Drench, Fitor, Goryu, Sky Lynx, and Thunderwing?

And Thundercracker.

Re: BotCon 2012 Octopunch Image

PostPosted: Tue Jan 10, 2012 2:12 pm
by FracturedKoi
Am I the only one here who's getting tired of shattered glass? One botcon of it was enough, lets move along now. I'd honestly be okay with an octopunch figure, even a straight repaint of seaspray, but why shattered glass? :(

Re: BotCon 2012 Octopunch Image

PostPosted: Tue Jan 10, 2012 2:26 pm
by Arrancon
I was excited... for this. Very much disappointed, will I ever find a decent Classics Octopunch someday?

Re: BotCon 2012 Octopunch Image

PostPosted: Tue Jan 10, 2012 2:43 pm
by Jelze Bunnycat
Dead Metal wrote:
Sabrblade wrote:
JelZe GoldRabbit wrote:Ok, eating my words now.

You know, this makes Octopunch the second to keep his colors between his original continuity and Shattered Glass, the first being Jazz.
What about Galvatron, Astrotrain, Alpha Trion, Arcee, Rampage, Divebomb, Demolishor, Big Daddy, Drench, Fitor, Goryu, Sky Lynx, and Thunderwing?

And Thundercracker.


Right, forgot about Megatron and Galvatron, but the repurposed toys I don't care about. Thundercracker's debatable, since G1 Thundercracker's mutated neon colors are SG Thundercracker's standard colors. Who wants to bet SG Thundercracker turns blue after the Forestonite treatments? :lol:

Re: BotCon 2012 Octopunch Image

PostPosted: Tue Jan 10, 2012 2:47 pm
by Poyguimogul
Did Octopunch have some strange rivalry with Quickswitch? Why does he have his colors :???:

*released the same year maybe?"

Re: BotCon 2012 Octopunch Image

PostPosted: Tue Jan 10, 2012 2:51 pm
by Sabrblade
JelZe GoldRabbit wrote:
Dead Metal wrote:
Sabrblade wrote:
JelZe GoldRabbit wrote:Ok, eating my words now.

You know, this makes Octopunch the second to keep his colors between his original continuity and Shattered Glass, the first being Jazz.
What about Galvatron, Astrotrain, Alpha Trion, Arcee, Rampage, Divebomb, Demolishor, Big Daddy, Drench, Fitor, Goryu, Sky Lynx, and Thunderwing?

And Thundercracker.


Right, forgot about Megatron and Galvatron, but the repurposed toys I don't care about. Thundercracker's debatable, since G1 Thundercracker's mutated neon colors are SG Thundercracker's standard colors. Who wants to bet SG Thundercracker turns blue after the Forestonite treatments? :lol:
Rampage and Divebomb aren't repurposed toys.

And Goryu, Sky Lynx, and Thunderwing don't have toys.

Though, I also forgot to mention Ratchet.

Re: BotCon 2012 Octopunch Image

PostPosted: Tue Jan 10, 2012 3:10 pm
by Jelze Bunnycat
Sabrblade wrote:
JelZe GoldRabbit wrote:
Dead Metal wrote:
Sabrblade wrote:
JelZe GoldRabbit wrote:Ok, eating my words now.

You know, this makes Octopunch the second to keep his colors between his original continuity and Shattered Glass, the first being Jazz.
What about Galvatron, Astrotrain, Alpha Trion, Arcee, Rampage, Divebomb, Demolishor, Big Daddy, Drench, Fitor, Goryu, Sky Lynx, and Thunderwing?

And Thundercracker.


Right, forgot about Megatron and Galvatron, but the repurposed toys I don't care about. Thundercracker's debatable, since G1 Thundercracker's mutated neon colors are SG Thundercracker's standard colors. Who wants to bet SG Thundercracker turns blue after the Forestonite treatments? :lol:
Rampage and Divebomb aren't repurposed toys.

And Goryu, Sky Lynx, and Thunderwing don't have toys.

Though, I also forgot to mention Ratchet.


Ok, Ok, I concede >:oP

Re: BotCon 2012 Octopunch Image

PostPosted: Tue Jan 10, 2012 3:11 pm
by RiddlerJ
If they wanted to do a Decepticon Pretender, I think Submarauder or Finback would've been better since they transformed into aquatic vehicles. There is nothing here in either mode that really connects to Octopunch.

Re: BotCon 2012 Octopunch Image

PostPosted: Tue Jan 10, 2012 3:13 pm
by Sabrblade
RiddlerJ wrote:If they wanted to do a Decepticon Pretender, I think Submarauder or Finback would've been better since they transformed into aquatic vehicles. There is nothing here in either mode that really connects to Octopunch.
There's already a Shattered Glass Submarauder. He's a Micromaster (Mini-con redeco toy, though).

Re: BotCon 2012 Octopunch Image

PostPosted: Tue Jan 10, 2012 3:24 pm
by Neurie
Wow, what a disapointment.

Looks like this years sets gonna be cheap to pick up on ebay after the con it seems.

As for last years thundercracker, he is done in the Actionmaster Euro exclusive deco that came with a exo suit\jet which you guys in the 'States never got, same with Slicer who originally came with a battery operated chariot/exosuit. Got my boxed one signed by the voice actor round here some where.

Re: BotCon 2012 Octopunch Image

PostPosted: Tue Jan 10, 2012 3:35 pm
by Burn
Neurie wrote:Looks like this years sets gonna be cheap to pick up on ebay after the con it seems.


nah, between blind faithing fanboys and a market that is use to elevated prices, it won't change.

Re: BotCon 2012 Octopunch Image

PostPosted: Tue Jan 10, 2012 3:51 pm
by Blurrz


Image

Why are two penguins facing each other?

I'm done.

:BANG_HEAD:

Re: BotCon 2012 Octopunch Image

PostPosted: Tue Jan 10, 2012 3:55 pm
by waaaaghlord
They're not penguins, they're duckies. Trufax.

Re: BotCon 2012 Octopunch Image

PostPosted: Tue Jan 10, 2012 4:24 pm
by WolfDawg
AH HA!!! I knew that Decepticon symbol looked red, Jelze! So, SG Octopunch eh? Interesting concept, but it would have been nice had they changed the head sculpt.

Re: BotCon 2012 Octopunch Image?

PostPosted: Tue Jan 10, 2012 4:33 pm
by Nemesis Destron
El Duque wrote:I'm cool with this since my Sea Spray mold has been displaced by iGear's Spray.


FracturedKoi wrote:Am I the only one here who's getting tired of shattered glass? One botcon of it was enough, lets move along now. I'd honestly be okay with an octopunch figure, even a straight repaint of seaspray, but why shattered glass? :(



Jeez what an upset for most fans it seems on Octopunch. My true Seaspray is iGear's cuz I couldn't get over that lame HFTD rep. But Deep Dive was awesome for this mold and he's just bad-ass transporting Hailstorm in alt mode.

IMO it has been a hit and miss with this years BOTCON set but better to have figures that are SG and classics/generations molds than another crappy Animated set like last years. Knowing my luck now watch next years be Animated molds again so there it is. But I can't imagine what this Octopunch will go for in price but I wouldn't give 2 bits for this...'nuff said! :VEHI:

Re: BotCon 2012 Octopunch Image

PostPosted: Tue Jan 10, 2012 5:23 pm
by GetRightRobot
Someone is in trouble! The item has been removed from Ebay!

Re: BotCon 2012 Octopunch Image

PostPosted: Tue Jan 10, 2012 5:35 pm
by Delicon
I'll probably grab one, but I'm not sure how much it will excite me. I was phasing out of TF's a bit by the G1 87-90 era.

Re: BotCon 2012 Octopunch Image

PostPosted: Tue Jan 10, 2012 5:43 pm
by Mkall
GetRightRobot wrote:Someone is in trouble! The item has been removed from Ebay!

yeah, but it's back up again